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by npsimons 9y ago
> This makes it annoying to cut/paste code in and out of the markup text. Open it in it's own pane with C-c ' and you can cut and paste to your heart's content.
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by npsimons 9y ago
> I hate how much of a hack Remote Desktop is on Windows machines. People just don't seem to get this. If I can't alt-tab between windows, remote GUI apps are next to useless for me. It breaks my workflow. I hit this speebump a
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by npsimons 9y ago
> It's also worth nothing that he didn't put in long hours. When it was crunch time in the office, he wouldn't be one of the people there on the weekend. Paradoxically, I think that's another contributing factor to hi
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by npsimons 9y ago
Something similar, but simpler: https://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-can-i-travel.htm Very useful in constraining a search area based on how far you're willing to commute when looking for a home.
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by npsimons 9y ago
As another SAR guy, I'll second this. It's challenging, and not just physically. The cool toys and technical training you mentioned require a degree of analysis and problem solving, as well as getting into the nitty gritty details
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by npsimons 9y ago
Case in point, does anyone really believe seeing a nipple is more harmful than seeing violence?
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by npsimons 9y ago
> Also, if you're willing to suffer through difficult higher education, imagine the pains you'll endure in relationships to make that work also :) This reminds me of a quote from Paul Grahams' "How to do What you Love
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by npsimons 9y ago
> I wish I asked if they choose to agree, e.g compromise, or if they and their partner were naturally agreeable. What about a third possibility: that they already had parity beforehand about many issues important to them? Most wisdom abo
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by npsimons 9y ago
Input work address and time you're willing to commute, then search for residences within the resulting reachable areas: https://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-can-i-travel.htm
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by npsimons 9y ago
> I’m more worried for the influence that kind of thinking impacts a child than I am about a stay at home parent complaining of having to leave their house. I'm worried about the thinking that 30 minutes isn't far at all. Livin
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by npsimons 9y ago
There's this thing called overtraining ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtraining ) and I've found it's very hard to find that sweet spot between "not pushing hard enough" and "pushing too
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by npsimons 9y ago
Came here to say something similar. Glad I'm not the only one. Wish that more people knew about and used LyX. Yes, regular word processors (eg, MS Word) suck! There are already pre-existing better alternatives, such as LyX.
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by npsimons 9y ago
> Not only is it hard for outsiders to know what's premature and what isn't, My rule of thumb is if you haven't profiled it, it's premature to try and optimize it. > but sometimes it's nice to make a habit of
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by npsimons 9y ago
> where do people find quotes like this? Just reading a ton of books? No lie, I've gotten more than one good book recommendation (including "Tao of Programming") from '/usr/games/fortune'. Also, if
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by npsimons 9y ago
Well, it's supposed to be "hard done by", but that doesn't make it much better. I'm personally pleased to see a more sophisticated way to phrase something, but unfortunately it's not a common idiom these days (
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by npsimons 9y ago
> mediocre fanfiction I think you might be giving Cline too much credit. I've read much better fanfiction than "Ready Player One". Even the bad fanfiction chock-a-block full of nostalgiac references doesn't stop to
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by npsimons 9y ago
I'll just add my little "me too!": my first experience programming was when I got the chance to play with hypercard in middle school, and I created an interactive periodic table of the elements in it. Nothing fancy, just clic
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by npsimons 9y ago
> Then adds will start creeping back in. When this happens, I will drop that service, full stop. I don't pay to be advertised to.
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by npsimons 9y ago
> I will not go buy a movie or see a movie at the theater anymore - no matter what it is. It could be the most anticipated film in a half a decade and I'll still wait for it to be conveniently streamed to me. I feel much the same wa
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by npsimons 9y ago
> They have added no value, they're not looking to add value. Which is basically property ownership/landlordship in a nutshell. Not that I'm disagreeing with you, just pointing out it's something we accept all the tim
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by npsimons 9y ago
> Well, it should, right? If you don't support the practice when it targets the poor, presumably you shouldn't with the rich either. Wasn't there some quote along the lines that "you can judge a society by how it trea
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by npsimons 9y ago
> What news sources would we be reading if we were physicists, or medical doctors, and wouldn't those be interesting even if we don't have these professions? It is incredibly fascinating to delve into other professions' ri
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by npsimons 9y ago
> Really valuable content usually comes in batches, points directly to other valuable content (i.e. good things tend to discuss and cite other good things), and/or is long form. Bibliographies are highly underrated. Find a good book
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by npsimons 9y ago
> Even with cursory and rare glimpses on technology news sites, or conversations with colleagues, you'll end up learning about React at some point or another. > The "routine looking for valuable content" on the other ha
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by npsimons 9y ago
> avoid it at all cost. Energy, time, attention, focus = the most valuable resources out there. "Attention is scarce. Information is not. Do the math." That being said, I've found valuable book recommendations here on HN a
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by npsimons 9y ago
> Very true, but have you ever found yourself bored enough to do something else, yet still continuing to check your favorite sites or looking for engagement online, and being disappointed? It's like looking for that dopamine hit and
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by npsimons 9y ago
> In my generation, parents said the same thing about TV. And they weren't wrong. One of the best things I've ever done is gotten rid of my TV.
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by npsimons 9y ago
A distinction needs to be made based on goals: are you exercising for general wellness, or are you training for a goal? I'm not saying one should injure themselves when training, that's counterproductive. But exercising for genera
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by npsimons 9y ago
My apologies; perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I believe rhabdomyolysis is like terrorism: scary enough to get you to clickthrough, but not really something most people will ever have to worry about. In the vein of people hurting th
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by npsimons 9y ago
Ah, the old Crossfit disease: https://medium.com/@ericrobertson/crossfits-dirty-little-sec... I've been relatively active (compared to most people) for most of my life, and I've never come anywhere close to r

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